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Not even a distro, it’s a customization of Arch and Hyoerland. Hope they redirect some of their fundings to them!

by edu 1mo ago

theshrike79 1mo ago
So like SteamOS?
- jdiff 1mo ago
  SteamOS runs its own infrastructure and is more than a static set of scripts and dotfiles on top of an existing distro.
  - TiredOfLife 1mo ago
    Steamos is a mirrored snapshot of arch (like omarchy) + bash and python scripts (like omarchy) + their own shell (steam running on top of gamescope for steamos and a custom quickshell based one running on top of hyprland for omarchy) + modified upstream kernel (both steamos and omarchy)
gclawes 1mo ago
Yeah and Ubuntu just started as customized Debian
- roryirvine 1mo ago
  That's... not true. At the time Ubuntu started, Debian's old installer (boot-floppies) was legendary for its unfriendliness, and the new all-singing, all-dancing replacement was a mammoth endeavour and a long way off completion. Ubuntu provided a simple, friendly installer that covered only the limited set of the most common use cases, but was a dramatic improvement for new users. They also employed a bunch of Debian developers, and gave them space to continue their work for Debian. It wasn't all smooth sailing, but Debian was stronger as a result of their contributions right from the very start. Now, maybe Omarchy are providing a similarly major contribution to Arch - but, if they are, they've kept quiet about it so far.
nerdix 1mo ago
It raises the question: what is a distro since many distros are customizations of other distros. What makes Ubuntu a distro and not just a customization of Debian? https://youtu.be/yIA4idIdY_k https://youtu.be/yIA4idIdY_k The video above is in inline with my opinion. If you ship an ISO (so users can install your distro directly without installing another distro first) and have control over the packages then you are a distro. Apparently, Omarchy has its own ISO and it's own mirror of the arch package repo so it is a distro by that definition.
djfergus 1mo ago
I'm not sure if this is joking/sarcastic. They are fully funding the author of Hyprland for 3 years. DDH offered to work with Arch and they refused.

Not even a distro, it’s a customization of Arch and Hyoerland. Hope they redirect some of their fundings to them!

by edu 1mo ago

Not even a distro, it’s a customization of Arch and Hyoerland. Hope they redirect some of their fundings to them!

theshrike79 1mo ago

So like SteamOS?

jdiff 1mo ago
SteamOS runs its own infrastructure and is more than a static set of scripts and dotfiles on top of an existing distro.
- TiredOfLife 1mo ago
  Steamos is a mirrored snapshot of arch (like omarchy) + bash and python scripts (like omarchy) + their own shell (steam running on top of gamescope for steamos and a custom quickshell based one running on top of hyprland for omarchy) + modified upstream kernel (both steamos and omarchy)

gclawes 1mo ago

Yeah and Ubuntu just started as customized Debian

roryirvine 1mo ago
That's... not true. At the time Ubuntu started, Debian's old installer (boot-floppies) was legendary for its unfriendliness, and the new all-singing, all-dancing replacement was a mammoth endeavour and a long way off completion. Ubuntu provided a simple, friendly installer that covered only the limited set of the most common use cases, but was a dramatic improvement for new users. They also employed a bunch of Debian developers, and gave them space to continue their work for Debian. It wasn't all smooth sailing, but Debian was stronger as a result of their contributions right from the very start. Now, maybe Omarchy are providing a similarly major contribution to Arch - but, if they are, they've kept quiet about it so far.

nerdix 1mo ago

It raises the question: what is a distro since many distros are customizations of other distros. What makes Ubuntu a distro and not just a customization of Debian? https://youtu.be/yIA4idIdY_k https://youtu.be/yIA4idIdY_k The video above is in inline with my opinion. If you ship an ISO (so users can install your distro directly without installing another distro first) and have control over the packages then you are a distro. Apparently, Omarchy has its own ISO and it's own mirror of the arch package repo so it is a distro by that definition.

djfergus 1mo ago

I'm not sure if this is joking/sarcastic. They are fully funding the author of Hyprland for 3 years. DDH offered to work with Arch and they refused.